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Tuesday, 20 August 2013

This afternoon, (Sunday, 18 August, 2013) a number of Mexican sailors
from the sailing ship ‘Cuauhtemoc’, (which featured in the Tall Ships’
Races Szczecin 2013),were attacked and beaten by football hooligans
supporting Ruch Chorzów in Gdynia, Poland.

Sailors from the Cuauhtemoc in Szczecin, during ‘The Tall Ships’ Race’

According to witnesses, the sailors were relaxing on the municipal
beach in Gdynia, when they were attacked by a group of hooligans wearing
the colours of Ruch Chorzów, who called them ‘Brudasy’ and ‘Czarnuchy’
(dirty niggers). The hooligans from Chorzów were present in Gdynia to
watch the cup match against Arka Gdynia.
The sailors were apparently assaulted with objects including bottles,
and a number were beaten unconscious, and taken to hospital by
ambulance.
(Reported in ‘Gazeta Wyborcza’ and numerous other Polish newspapers and internet sources)